Summary
Ayo Edebiri said she received “insane death threats” after Elon Musk shared a false report claiming she would replace Johnny Depp in a Pirates of the Caribbean reboot.
The rumor, posted by a right-wing account with no industry ties, was never confirmed by credible sources. Musk, who commented “Disney sucks,” amplified the hoax.
Edebiri later called Musk an idiot and a fascist for promoting fascist right-wing rhetoric.
Meanwhile, producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed a reboot is in development but did not confirm Depp’s involvement.
Not sure what an LLM has to do with this. Anyone can make a death threat? And anyone can use an LLM to do it I guess.
They indicate a large volume of death threats.
And how does that change anything?
So?
I guess I’m not drawing lines between the volume of death threats, any exaggeration of the article, the culprit(s), and what any of that has to do with an LLM. They all seem like independent factors. Sure someone could have used an LLM to spam her, or theoretically the article could be editorialized, but… She still got death threats, maybe a lot.